Jaconé Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get stuck into this. The swell window is looking pretty quiet for a while, but there's some real fire towards the end of the run. Let's take it session by session.

First up, we're at Jaconé. The water temp is sitting about average for the time of year, nothing wild there.

The first week is a bit of a write-off, to be honest. We've got a few days of weak, short-period E and S swell, mostly under 3 ft with periods of 8 seconds, and the winds are a bit messy – cross-on or cross for most of the daylight hours. The combined energy is low, in the double digits (69 to 87), so it's just not doing much. You could get a slide on Friday morning the 24th with a cross-off breeze, but it's tiny at 1 ft. Save your energy.

The pattern shifts on Saturday the 25th. The morning looks glassy with a 3 ft S swell, period at 8 seconds, and the energy picks up to 183. It's surfable, but the conditions are very ordinary. It's a bit of a tease.

Sunday the 26th and Monday the 27th see a real bump in quality. The swell period jumps to 13-14 seconds, which is proper groundswell, and the energy is getting into the moderate range (462 to 505). The catch is the wind. Sunday morning has a light cross-on, which is a bit of a bummer. The standout here is Monday the 27th – morning has clean 3 ft S swell with a 12-second period and a light offshore breeze from the NE. The wave state is clean. That's a solid window for intermediate surfers. The afternoon holds clean too, with a slight drop in size.

Tuesday the 28th continues the good run. Clean conditions again, with a 3 ft S swell and a 12-second period. The offshore wind holds in the morning. It's not huge, but it's clean and consistent.

After that, the swell drops right off through the end of July and the first of August. The energy falls back below 100, and the winds get fluky again. We're looking at a gap of a few days with nothing worth chasing.

Now, here's the big news. Monday the 3rd of August. The morning is a real standout. A 5 ft SSW swell, period of 13 seconds, and a clean cross-off breeze from the ENE. The combined energy hits 1028 – that's strong wave energy. The report says "excellent surf conditions for experienced surfers." This is the one to circle on the calendar. The afternoon gets a bit bigger at 6 ft, but the wind turns cross-on, so the morning is the window.

Tuesday the 4th of August is a write-off – too much onshore wind and rain, and the swell is over 8 ft, which is getting into expert-only territory and messy.

Wednesday the 5th of August is another cracker. The morning has a clean 6 ft SSE swell with a 13-second period, and very light wind. The energy is 1215. This is big, powerful, and clean. Expert surfers will be licking their lips. The afternoon stays clean with a 5 ft swell.

Thursday the 6th of August has a strong offshore breeze (25 km/h from the NE) with a 4 ft SSE swell – that's a clean, powerful combo for the morning, but the afternoon wind picks up too much.

So, the best on offer is Monday the 3rd of August morning, and Wednesday the 5th of August morning. Both are for experienced surfers, with solid groundswell and clean conditions. The rest of the forecast is mostly small or windy.

Rusty.

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